Kurt
while Hans said it was easy to remove L5, my went kaput also (not many days before your attempt) !? it my case it was mechanical stress.?
I found a 25 uH inductor in my stash, made decades ago - a little toroid coil encapsulated with leads.? the higher Q of this inductor seems to not be an issue for this application.? see if you have a ferrite core in your stash, and see how many turns in might take to get into vicinity of 25 uH.? meanwhile - I was also check the firm mentioned as my stash in pretty lean on RF chokes of the smaller variety.?
it was a good result - previously on some power ups the QCX VFO resolution could not be adjusted - as it would go to a different menu item when I pressed the button on the tuning knob - now it seems to be working, based upon just a few trials. ?
Curt
